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Gopalkrishna Gandhi

1945 - Today

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Gopalkrishna Devadas Gandhi (born 22 April 1945) is a former administrator and diplomat who served as the 22nd Governor of West Bengal serving from 2004 to 2009. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji). As a former IAS officer he served as Secretary to the President of India and as High Commissioner to South Africa and Sri Lanka, among other administrative and diplomatic posts. He was the United Progressive Alliance nominee for Vice President of India 2017 elections and lost with 244 votes against NDA candidate Venkaiah Naidu, who got 516 votes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gopalkrishna Gandhi is the 18,692nd most popular politician (down from 18,064th in 2019), the 1,262nd most popular biography from India (down from 1,073rd in 2019) and the 294th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 18,692 out of 19,576. Before him are Rama Yade, Terry Sanford, Martins Dukurs, Akhilesh Yadav, Penny Mordaunt, and Mary Fallin. After him are Liam Fox, Gabriel Rufián, Pavel Latushko, Patrick John, Eric Garcetti, and Li Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1945, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 685. Before him are Bob Ludwig, Jim Doyle, Allan Stone, Anne Waldman, Harriet Miers, and Peter Storey. After him are Tom Tancredo, Tinnu Anand, Clifton Davis, Monster of Florence, Richard Stebbins, and Oliver Hoare.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 1,262 out of 1,861. Before him are Nawazuddin Siddiqui (1974), Tina Datta (1986), Gauhar Khan (1983), Deepti Naval (1952), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), and Akhilesh Yadav (1973). After him are KK (1968), Anjali (1986), Anushka Shetty (1981), Vishnuvardhan (1950), Anu Malik (1960), and Dalip Tahil (1952).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Gopalkrishna Gandhi ranks 294. Before him are Salabat Jung (1718), Devendra Fadnavis (1970), Ravi Shankar Prasad (1954), Jyotiraditya Scindia (1971), Raman Singh (1952), and Akhilesh Yadav (1973). After him are Asaduddin Owaisi (1969), Rohit Sharma (1987), Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), Salman Khurshid (1953), Raghubar Das (1955), and Bob Woolmer (1948).

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